Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering
The Civil Engineering program aims to provide the highest quality, broad-based technical, scientific, and liberal education to enable students to qualify for graduate or advanced education and professional work in a wide range of civil engineering activities.
It adopts an outcomes-based learning experience program covering structural engineering, geotechnical engineering, transportation engineering, water resources engineering, construction engineering and management and environmental engineering.
The program’s thrust is to create and maintain an outcomes-based educational environment that shall enable graduates to practice as successful civil engineers for the advancement of society and to promote professionalism in engineering practice.
PROGRAM EDUCATIONAL OBJECTIVES
Within the five years after graduation, the graduates of Civil Engineering program shall have:
i. Undertaken, singly or in teams, projects that show an ability to solve complex engineering problems
ii. Had substantial involvement in projects that take into consideration safety, health, environmental concerns and the public welfare, partly through adherence to required codes and laws.
iii. Demonstrated professional success via promotions and/or positions of increasing responsibility
iv. Demonstrated life-long learning via progress toward completion of an advanced degree, professional development/continuing education courses, or industrial training courses
v. Exhibited professional behavior and attitude in engineering practice
vi. Initiated and implemented actions toward the improvement of engineering practice
PROGRAM OUTCOMES
a. Ability to apply knowledge of mathematics, science and engineering
b. Ability to design and conduct experiments, as well as to analyze and interpret data
c. Ability to design a system, component, or process to meet desired needs within realistic constraints such as economic, environmental, social, political, ethical, health and safety, manufacturability, and sustainability
d. Ability to function on multi-disciplinary teams
e. Ability to identify, formulate and solve engineering problems
f. Understanding of professional and ethical responsibility
g. Ability to communicate effectively
h. Broad education necessary to understand the impact of engineering solutions in the global and societal context
i. Recognition of the need for, and an ability to engage in life-long learning
j. Knowledge of contemporary issues
k. Ability to use the techniques, skills, and modern engineering tools necessary for engineering practice
l. Knowledge and understanding of engineering and management principles, as a member and leader in a team, to manage projects in multidisciplinary environments
Careers
Graduates of this program may engage in any of the following: planning, design, construction, management, operation, and maintenance of buildings, roads and bridges, railways, ports and harbors, dam and other hydraulic systems and structures, water distribution and wastewater treatment system, and foundation structures.
This school offers programs in:
- English
Last updated January 31, 2018
